Sanitary cuspidor.



Patented May 23, 1911.

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DAVID sr. CYR, or WINNEBAGO, NEBRASKA.

SANITARY CUSPIDOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentd May 23, 1911. I

Application filed August 24, 1910. Serial No. 578,729.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID ST. CYR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Winnebago, in the county of Thurston and State ofNebraska,having invented certain new and useful Improvements in SanitaryCuspidors,

do declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in ouspidors and has for its objectthe pro vision of a cuspidor more sanitary in construction and cleanlyin general use than the ordinary kind. Provision is made for cleansingthe cuspidor by flushing it with water either continuously or atintervals without its removal or the necessity of handling.

The article is of the stationary kind secured to the floor, and isespecially suited for public places such as hotels, halls, theaters andother similar buildings, butmay be adapted for use in any connectionwhere such a device is needed.

I have illustrated the invention in the accompanying drawing in whichthe figure is a view of the invention partly in elevation and partly incross-section, some of the parts being broken away to show partsunderneath.

In the drawing A is the base or body of the cuspidor resting on a plateB which rests on the floor. The cuspidor flares outwardly at the top inthe usual manner, forming a receptacle C. Inclosin-g the body and thetop part is a rim D secured to the floor E by brackets F. The body ofthe cuspidor is open at the bottom and the floor has a correspondingopening leading into a waste pipe G fitted into the floor and having aflaring top connection H.

Directly over the body of the cuspidor and above the opening into thefloor a cleansing pipe or stack I is supported centrally with referenceto the top C and is of the same size as the body part. The stack issupported by braces a secured thereto and to the outer rim D. Theupperend of the stack is covered by a removable capJ. A water pipe K, adaptedto be connected with the source stack to near the top and is connectedto a circular pipe L secured to the inside of the stack. 1 The circularpipe is perforated, thev perforations opening on the outside of the ofwater'supply, leads upward through the stack through correspondingopenings inthe stack, permitting the water to wash the outside ofzthelatter. A triangular shaped shield M is secured at its upper edge to theoutside of the stack over the perforations and deflects the wateragainst the stack, causing it to rundown the latter, and washing olf anyexpectoration or filth that accumulates. A pipe N leads from the pipe L,downto near the bottom of the stack where another circular pipe 0,perforated in like manner is attached, the perforations opening throughthe stack in like manner and'the water therefrom being adapted tocleanse the bottom of the stack and the base and sides of the cuspidor.The pipes K and N are shown extending above the circular pipe L in orderthat a pump may, if desired,

beattached to the upper end of the stack,

flaring top C cleanses the latter at the same time.

. Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is,

1. The combination with a stationary cuspidor, a drain pipe underneathinto which the same empties, of a stack supported above the body of thecuspidor, a water pipe leading from a source of water supply to the topof the stack, and means for flushing the stack and cuspidor,substantially as described.

2. The combination with a stationary cuspidor and a pipe underneath intowhich the cuspidor empties, of a stack I supported above the body ofcuspidor, a water pipe leading from a source of water supply, and meansfor flushing the body of the cuspidor and the outside of the stack,substantially as cured t0 the floor and a drain pipe under-' neath thecuspidor into which the letter In testimony whereof I have hereuntoempties, of a stack I supported above the affixed my name in thepresence of two subdrain pipe, pipes leading from a source of scribingwitnesses.

water supply and perforated pipes L and 0 DAVID ST. CYR. connectedtherewith for flushing the stack outside and the body of the cuspidor,substantially as described.

T/Vitnesses J. S. NELSON, H. C. GARDINER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

